St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-28

company, of Eau Claire, capital stock S2,O0o.-
600, controls 5000 acres in the town of Cadv.
st. Croix county. Its officers are: Noah
Shaw, president; d. c. Davis, vice president;
George b. Shaw, treasurer; F. F.. Snodgrass,
secretary. This company has made no deyel-
opment yet. but has prospected with the
same general results as the othe rs.
The Rust Land, Iron and Mining company.
of Eau Claire, capital stock 81 ,000, 000, has op-
tons on 500 acres in St CrOiX county, in
towns 20 and 20, ranges IA and 15 one Ia
three miles from Wilson. Its prospectors rep
resent its lands as containing any quantity OF
manganese and some red hernatite.
The Brown Hematite Iron Mining COM
pany, OF Milwaukee, capital stock $1,000. 000.
generally known as the milwaukee Com.
pany," owns $50 acres two miles north of
Charleston. This company has men at
work preparing to strip for shipment of ore If
developments continue favorable.
The Menomonie Manganese and Iron COM
pany, capital stock 81, 600, eco, has organized,
with A. II. Hall, of Knapp, president, and has
options on 800 acres.
The Black Hawk Iron Mining company. OF
Eau Claire, capital stock S400, 900, has options
on three fortieS u mile southwest of Wilson.
Its officers John Pinkum, president
f. S. Culver, vice president; X. z. DOoliitle,
treasurer; George Fl. BlystOne, secretary.
This company claims TO ha We found plenty OF
manganese.
Claire, capital stock $500, 900, owns 100 acres
southeast of Wilson. Its officers are: Con-
way Daniels, president; Christian Huebener,
vice president; Fred Miner, secretary; Charles
A. Stouch, treasurer. This com pany has
sunk a shaft sixteen feet and claims rich
bed of iron and manganese.
The Hall and Dan company, of Knapp has
sunk shaft on section /, south of Wilson
and struck ore and manganese.
Tie Eureka Iron Mining company, of Eau
lnfr al ho5
on forty acres mile south of Wilson, and is
prospecting Its Off GERS are: John GrinSell
president; p. \. Richards, vice president; J.
NJ. Chrissinger, secretary and treasurer.
1.-The iron we find" said Il Eurekae man,
'would be red hematite were it not mixed
with manganese"
The Mccormick Land, Iron and Mining
company, of Eau Claire, capital stock 81, OO0,-
600, has n lease of the northeast quarter OF
section L.. Its president will be Robert l..
Mccormick, of Hayward. Charles &.
Mitchell and others. of Chicago and Mime
apolis parties, are interested in this com
pany.
The Esculapian Mining company, of Eau
Claire capitol stock 81, 900, 900, has options on
240 acres two miles southeast of Wilson. Its
officers are DR.. F. c. French, president; j.
NJ. Smith, vice PRESIDENT Charles L.. Allen,
secretary aud treasurer. The company has
prospected and found iron aud manganese.
The Iron Mountain Mining company, and
the TIMBER and Iron com pany are Chippewa
Falls corporations, formed TO operate on the
st. CroiX. The former owns eighty acres
south of the Brown Hematite company's land.
and the latter has 600 acres, some in fee in
the same vicinity. Both have prospected
with fair indications.
OTHER EAU CLAIRE COMPANIES
being organized are the Iron Clad, which
will have interests in options on fourteen
forties; the Birmingham, embracing Pepin
county men; the Keystone which has based
100 acres near the Knapp; and the North
| Wisconsin, which has options on the west
half of southeast of sections 4, IS. Is.
On the whole. in summing up the con-
stituent elements of tine st. Croix iron
range boom, it may be correctly said to
consist partly of something that is tangible
and mostly of great expectations. Whether
| or not there is more wind than there will
ever be of paying iron or manganese will
| probably be shown the coming summer
| In the meantime, the excitement keeps up
wonderfully.
| THE PIONEER.
! Gel. George w. La Pointe, of Wilson, a
leading member of the ST Croiy company.
who is generally regarded as the pioneer of
1.-THE range" said yesterday:
I'VE find beds of iron ore-no question
| about that. We have just sunk shaft on
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went through ochres of various kinds; and
| then struck a quartz cap. Going through
| this, we strike into the manganese, of which
| there are large quantities. After going three
| feet through manganese, we struck the lime
| rock, which dips at an angle of IS degrees,
and the manganese increases in thickness
with the dip of the lime rock. This answers
| for general description of what is usually
| found in digging on the range. There are nc
! solid beds of ore.
Really, the main feature of the st. Croi,
range is the manganese, and this will be its
source of wealth. We find, however, ochres
and kaolin in paying quantities.
| at certainly seems as though there is
work it. don't know of any region where
manganese is found in such quantities. The
| iron ore found, which is Drown hematite, all
carries manganese. / have had assays on
| the ore as high as 81 per cent. i would not
| say the iron ore alone is equal in grade to the
Gogebic finds but with the manganese it is
more valuable still.
1--WE are not sure but what iron ore exists
in paying quantities on the 1t. Crolx and we
feel very confident that manganese is to be
! found there in paying quantities. We should
| have some advantages over the Gogebic in
estimating what is a paving quantity, as we
| could ship to Hudson and then down the river
| by boats for St. Louis or Pittsburg We
| shall be ready TO ship from the st. Croix conf
| pany's lands as soon as the weather settles,
| and the Knapp and other companies propose
to do the same as early as possible.